AutoCAD 2D Tutorial - 38 - Chapter 5 Basic Display CommandsAutoCAD 2D Tutorial - 39 - 5.1 ZOOM Increases or decreases the apparent size of objects in the current viewport 1. Choose View, Zoom. or 2. Click a Zoom icon. or 3. Type ZOOM at the command prompt. Command: Zoom or Z 4. Type One of the following zoom options: The following are basic zoom options: All Places entire drawing (all visible layers) on display at once. Forces a regeneration. Extents Displays current drawing content as large as possible. Previous Restores previous view. Window Designates rectangular area to be drawn as large as possible. Number Magnification relative to ZOOM All display Number X Magnification relative to current display (1X) Center Specifies center point and new display height. Dynamic Permits you to pan a box representing the viewing screen around the entire generated portion of the drawing and enlarge or shrink it. TIPS: -While in the ZOOM command, click with the right mouse button to see the menu to the right.AutoCAD 2D Tutorial - 40 - 5.2 PAN Shifts the location of a view. 1. Choose View, Pan. or 2. Click the Pan icon. or 3. Type PAN from the command prompt. Command: PAN or P TIPS: - While in the PAN command, click with the right mouse button to see the following menu. - Panning can also be done by using the window scroll barsAutoCAD 2D Tutorial - 41 - 5.3 Redraw and Regen Redraw refreshes the current view. 1. Type Redraw at the command prompt Command: Redraw or R REGEN regenerates the entire drawing and recomputes the screen coordinates for all objects. It also re-indexes the drawing database for optimum display and object selection performance. 1. Type REGEN at the command prompt. Command: REGEN or RE TIP: When BLIPMODE is on, marker blips left by editing commands are removed from the current viewport Blips showing Blips removed after redraw 5.4 Blipmode Controls the display of marker blips. When Blip mode is on, a temporary mark in the shape of a plus sign (+) appears where points are specified. BLIPMODE is off by default. 1. Type BLIPMODE at the command prompt. Command:
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